The man who claims to be bipartisan, who claims to believe in compromise to solve problems, made crystal clear that he embraces a radically rigid pledge to never raise taxes on anyone — no matter how wealthy — and no corporation — no matter how profitable — even if we are in, in Scott Brown’s own words in that very same response, a “fiscal emergency.”

Scott always had an undeserved reputation as an bipartisan independent, having rarely written or voted for any significant bipartisan legislation. But the reputation has kept him competitive in the state.

Inexplicably, Brown is throwing that reputation away.

Good for him. He’s giving Massachusetts a clearer choice, between someone who will back judges like Elena Kagan and will raise taxes on multimillionaires, or some one who will back judges like Antonin Scalia and will keep taxes low for multimillionaires no matter what.

But considering Trump said he wants to "drain the swamp," you might be surprised he picked someone who literally built the swamp. Scott Pruitt is a pioneer in turning government over to corporate special interests.

1300 Carrier manufacturing jobs are still going to Mexico. And the 800 jobs staying in Indiana aren't safe, because Carrier is moving to automate much of the work, with the help of the American taxpayer.

About Bill Scher

Bill Scher is the Online Campaign Manager at Campaign for America's Future, and the executive editor of LiberalOasis.com. He is the author of Wait! Don't Move To Canada!: A Stay-and-Fight Strategy to Win Back America, a regular contributor to Bloggingheads.tv and host of the LiberalOasis Radio Show weekly podcast. He has opinion articles that have been published by the New York Times, Minneapolis Star Tribune and Omaha World-Herald, and has made appearances on CNN, MSNBC and NPR among other TV and radio outlets.